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Fair Use Bolstered by Student-Cheating Detection Service

By Ann York

Recently, I had written about some of the problems with the accuracy of the cheating detection service Turnitin which is used by about 6, 000 schools worldwide. There have also been legal issues raised about the intellectual property implications of storing student work in their data base. As reported by Wired, a recent court... »

Challenging Plagiarism Detection Software

By Ann York

Inside Higher Ed reported that at this year’s Conference on College Composition and Communication, …a team from Texas Tech University presented data that challenged the plagiarism detection services in a new way. The team found that services that theoretically detect the same sorts of problems actually find (or don’t find) very different examples of possible... »

Did you REALLY write this?

By Ann York

Our college recently purchased access to Turnitin, one of the more widely used plagiarism detection tools. I have used it in one class, but gave it a pass in another. While I have seen some glaring examples of plagiarism in my classes, I am still conflicted about the Turnitin process. On one hand, using another... »